The Department of Management Studies, NIST in collaboration with the Indian Council of Social Science and Research, New Delhi organized a ten-day Capacity Building Workshop cum Short Term Course on Research Methodology for Social Sciences from 5th to 14th May, 2016. The basic aim of the workshop was to help young faculty members gain substantial idea and software tools for their use in field of research in Social Sciences. A total of 32 delegates from Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal participated in the workshop. There were total 17 speakers including two in house speakers who delivered their talks on the various aspects of research methodology. The workshop also witnessed luminaries like Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, Berhampur University; Prof. Anil Bajpai, Director, KIIT School of Management; Prof. R. N. Subudhi and Dr. Sumita Mishra, KIIT University; Dr. Manoj Das, IIITM Gwalior; Prof. Gokulananda Patel, BIMTECH, New Delhi; Prof. Sudhakar Patra, Dr. Arun Panda, and Prof. Bhabani Prasad Rath, Berhampur University; Dr. Sangram Panigrahi, SADAN, Bhubaneswar; Dr. Shibalal Meher and Dr. Rajkishore Meher, NCDS, Bhubaneswar; Prof. P K J Mahapatra, IIT, Bhubaneswar; Dr. Pramod Tripathy, R D Women’s College, Bhubaneswar and Prof. Shakti R Mohapatra, CIME Bhubaneswar (Dean-BPUT). The program was coordinated by Dr. Ratnakar Mishra, Associate Prof., Dept. of Management Studies.